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    xxxx Phoenix gives $260,000 in corporate welfare to Air Canada! http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/11/06/20101106air-canada-non-stop-montreal-flights.html Air Canada's non-stop Montreal flights to start today by Emily Gersema - Nov. 6, 2010 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic Air Canada kicks off its first non-stop Phoenix-Montreal flights of the winter tourism season today. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay are traveling on the first direct flight from Montreal, which is scheduled to arrive around 10:40 a.m. today at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The returning flight leaves over the noon hour. Air Canada had announced this spring that it would add the direct flight, the result of about three years of talks between Phoenix and Montreal business leaders and city officials. The Phoenix-Montreal flights will run on Saturdays and Sundays until April 30, the unofficial close of Phoenix's peak tourism season. Air Canada's service from Sky Harbor also includes flights to Toronto and Calgary. The airline was the first to take advantage of Phoenix's marketing subsidy for international flights, receiving about $250,000 in funds from Sky Harbor to cover the cost of marketing the flight for a year. In addition, $10,000 in landing fees have been waived. "Canada represents our fastest-growing international market," Gordon said. R. Glenn Williamson, the founder and CEO of the Canada Arizona Business Council, is traveling with Gordon and Tremblay. Williamson said about 600,000 Canadians come to Arizona each year, and many of them are looking for new homes, either to live primarily in Arizona or to avoid the harsh winters in Canada by buying seasonal homes here while they are inexpensive. He said Canadians with homes in Florida were frustrated with the tax situation and hurricane-insurance problems. Williamson hopes Arizona, with its warm weather, can take advantage of that frustration and lure 400,000 more Canadians to the state. "We've found that they're not just buying small homes," Williamson said. "They're buying a lot of homes in Paradise Valley, Scottsdale. And a lot of these people aren't retirees. These are folks that are in their 30s and 40s and moving their companies down here." He said the state's relationship with Canada began 50 years ago. "Most of Scottsdale was built by Canadian developers," Williamson said. "And then the aerospace industry in Arizona, all of its prime contractors interface a lot with a lot of the contractors in Canada."    

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